In "The Wheel," Lizzy McAlpine & The Hunger Games turn grief into a vow. A voice arrives through wind and flame, carrying both tenderness and warning, and the resolve hardens: breaking the cycle demands sacrifice, not accident. Loneliness sharpens memory, and the promise becomes the one thing worth keeping. The repeated waiting through sun, running, and drowning sins suggests endurance more than escape. Love here is not comfort but a debt honored in solitude, a refusal to let the wheel keep turning.
The Wheel Lyrics by Lizzy McAlpine & The Hunger Games
In the wind, there’s a name
In the fire, in the flame
I hear somebody calling
And the voice singing out
Like a dove, it’s like a shout
Hear the words and the warning
Somebody has to bend to break the wheel
It doesn’t come from nothing and it never will
In the loneliness, I remember you
I will keep my promise if it’s the only thing I ever do
I see the sun
I rise, I run
I wait for it
I hear the cries
I hold on tight
I wait for it
I drown my sins
I wait to win
I wait for it
Somebody has to bend to break the wheel
It doesn’t come from nothing and it never will
In the loneliness, I remember you
I will keep my promise if it’s the only thing I ever do
I see the sun (Do)
I rise, I run
I wait, I sing (Oh-oh)
I smile, I run
I run, I remember you
In the wind, there’s a name
In the fire, in the flame
I hear somebody callin’
